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An explosive offense that averaged more than 40 points per game carried Barbe to its first appearance in the Superdome Prep Classic and earned the Bucs six spots on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A All State team. The Bucs also earned two of the three top honors, with junior quarterback Kennon Fontenot, top, winning the Offensive Most Valuable Player and Mike Cutrera winning Coach of the Year. (Rick Hickman / American Press)

Barbe's Fontenot, Cutrera grab top spots on 5A All-State team

An explosive offense that averaged more than 40 points per game carried Barbe to its first appearance in the Superdome Prep
Classic and earned the Bucs six spots on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A All-State team.

The Bucs also earned two of the three top honors, with junior quarterback Kennon Fontenot winning the Offensive Most Valuable
Player and Mike Cutrera winning Coach of the Year.

The other honoree is Defenisve Most Valuable Player Antonio McGhee of Parkway, who had 106 tackles and 11 sacks while helping
the Panthers reach the quarterfinals.

Fontenot threw for 4,286 yards and 47
touchdowns while leading the Bucs to the state championship game. He is
joined on the
first time by five teammates: receiver Trey Quinn (2,141 yards, 26
TDS), tight end Desean Smith (815 yards, 11 TDs), offensive
lineman Tanner Hooper, running back Courtney Galentine (1,110
rushing yards, 742 receiving yards, 20 TDs) and kicker Jamie
McGee (14-21 FGs, 74-75 PATs).

Cutrera guided the Bucs to a 13-2 record and its first championship game appearance since 1980 in his second season as head
coach at the school. Cutrera was a defensive back on the 1980 team and was an assistant coach at the school for more than
20 years.

State champion Rummel placed a pair of players on the team, with Damian Williams (2.595 total yards, 26 TDs) earning the athlete
spot on offense and Terrance Jones (81 tackles, 1.5 sacks) making the defense as a linebacker.